Richard N. Dixon was elected State Treasurer
by the General Assembly in January 1996. He is the
twenty-second State Treasurer for Maryland. He is
the first African-American Treasurer and the first
Treasurer from the area represented by the Western
Maryland Delegation in the General Assembly.
Also, he is the first elected Constitutional officer
from Carroll County in 100 years.

Mr. Dixon began his public service on the
Carroll County Board of Education from 1970
to 1978. He served as Board President from
1975 to 1977.

In the House of Delegates, Mr. Dixon
represented Carroll County from 1983 to 1996.
Out of fifty freshman delegates, the News American
named him one of the five outstanding delegates in
1983. As a delegate, he served on the Rules and
Executive Nominations Committee. A member of
the House Appropriations Committee from 1983
to 1996, he chaired its capital budget
subcommittee and served on its education and
economic development subcommittee and the
oversight committee on pensions. He was the
House Chair of the Joint Budget and Audit
Committee, 1988-94, and the Special Joint
Committee on Pensions, 1989-94. Additionally, he
served on the Joint Committee on Energy Pricing,
1990-91, and the Joint Expenditure Study Group
on Law Enforcement and Transportation, 1991. In
1991, he also served on the Task Force on the
Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School.

As a legislator, Mr. Dixon sponsored numerous
bills to benefit Carroll County projects, including
a new emergency room and expansion of Carroll
County General Hospital; a new YMCA building
for the County; and numerous facilities at Western
Maryland College, including Hoover Library,
Lewis Hall, and Hill Hall. He was the primary
sponsor of precedent-setting legislation—the first
of its kind in the country—to establish a zone of
influence around limestone quarry operations in
various parts of the State. The law protects people
living within the zone of influence.

Mr. Dixon was born on April 17, 1938. He
attended Robert Moton School in Westminster and
received his bachelor of science degree from
Morgan State College in 1960. From Morgan State
College, he also received his Master's degree in
business administration (finance) in 1975.

RICHARD N. DIXON

Serving in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1968,
Mr. Dixon attained the rank of captain. He spent
one and one-half years with the 101st Airborne
Division and was awarded the Bronze Star for his
service in Vietnam.

Mr. Dixon was Assistant Vice-President at
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., where
he worked for 26 years before retiring on January
31,1996. He serves as a trustee of the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools and a past
trustee of its commission on secondary schools. Mr.
Dixon belongs to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
National Rifle Association, and The Boule
Fraternity. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity and President of Former Students of
Robert Moton School, Inc.

From Western Maryland College, Mr. Dixon
received an Honorary Doctor of Laws in 1988 and,
from Carroll County Community College, an
Honorary Doctor of Public Service in 1994. He is
married and has two sons and a granddaughter.